By CrossRiverWatch Admin A young Cross Riverian, Joseph Odey has protested none payment of his late father’s gratuity to his family by the State Government. Odey who staged a lone man protest in the early hours of Wednesday occupied Peregrino (Government) House vowed to resume there everyday until the Governor approves the payment. According to
By CrossRiverWatch Admin President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the suspension of the Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, Okoi Obono-Obla, from office. Mr. Obono-Obla’s suspension letter, signed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, directed the embattled official to step down and then proceed
By CrossRiverWatch Admim Chairman of the Association of Cross River Online Journalists (ACROJ) Mr. Edem Darlington has been appointed as member into the community interface committee of the Nigerian Local Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board is building an oil and gas industrial park in Onim-Ankiong community in
By CrossRiverWatch Admin An unidentified young man has been mated with jungle justice in Calabar South, Cross River State for snatching a bag. The incident which happened in the early hours of Wednesday (before 7:40am) according to an eye witness who pleads anonymity, “Just this morning, he snatched hand bag from a woman who was
By David Nsa The Cross River State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called on the party in Bayelsa State to be weary over Dr. Frankland Briyai’s guber ambition, calling it “a Mischief.” In a statement singed by the State Publicity Secretary, Mr. Bassey Ita the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State and
By Emmanuel Ulayi The Governor of Cross River, Sen. Ben Ayade, has again called on the boundary communities of Cross River and Ebonyi States to coexist together in a more harmonious way to ensure peace and to attract development to their people. Speaking at the peace meeting organized by the Catholic Dioceses of Ogoja and
By David Nsa Some families have now been rendered homeless after fire ate up their home (properties inclusive) No. 14 Foster street, off Main Avenue in Calabar South, Cross River State. Our reporter who arrived the scene early hour of Tuesday morning gathered that the fire started at about 6pm the previous day from an
By Jonathan Ugbal Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has reappointed Professor Akon Joshua as the acting Vice Chancellor of the State owned Cross River University of Technology. Mr. Ayade is the visitor to the varsity and in a letter dated August 7, 2019, he conveyed his decision to reappoint Mrs. Joshua whose acting